Amsterdam News stories: Activismhttp://amsterdamnews.com/news/popular-topics/activism/Amsterdam News stories: Activismen-usThu, 15 Mar 2018 16:00:01 -0400Youth action against gun violence
http://amsterdamnews.com/news/2018/mar/15/youth-action-against-gun-violence/Wednesday, March 14, students across the country participated in the National School Walkout against gun violence in schools.Thu, 15 Mar 2018 16:00:01 -0400http://amsterdamnews.com/news/2018/mar/15/youth-action-against-gun-violence/Students participate in National School Walkout against gun violence
http://amsterdamnews.com/news/2018/mar/14/students-participate-national-school-walkout-again/Students across the country are walking out of their classrooms Wednesday in both memorial and protest.PIX 11 NEWSWed, 14 Mar 2018 10:34:55 -0400http://amsterdamnews.com/news/2018/mar/14/students-participate-national-school-walkout-again/We Ain&#39;t Going Nowhere! Tribunal on Ethnic Cleansing
http://amsterdamnews.com/news/2018/mar/02/we-aint-going-nowhere-tribunal-ethnic-cleansing/A city-wide “We Ain't Going Nowhere! Tribunal on Ethnic Cleansing of the Black Community,” will be held on Saturday, March 3, 2018 at 1PM at Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration 1398 Fulton Street, Brooklyn.Amadi AjamuFri, 02 Mar 2018 12:42:13 -0500http://amsterdamnews.com/news/2018/mar/02/we-aint-going-nowhere-tribunal-ethnic-cleansing/‘We Ain’t Going Nowhere! Tribunal on Ethnic Cleansing’
http://amsterdamnews.com/news/2018/feb/22/we-aint-going-nowhere/A citywide “We Ain’t Going Nowhere! Tribunal on Ethnic Cleansing of the Black Community” will be held Saturday, March 3, 2018, at 1 p.m. at Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration, 1398 Fulton St., Brooklyn, N.Y. Tribunal sponsor the December 12th Movement International Secretariat has led an ongoing campaign focusing on the broad range of human rights abuses aimed at pushing Black people out of urban areas.Amadi AjamuThu, 22 Feb 2018 09:29:49 -0500http://amsterdamnews.com/news/2018/feb/22/we-aint-going-nowhere/People’s State of the Union dumps Trump
http://amsterdamnews.com/news/2018/feb/01/peoples-state-union-dumps-trump/From the words on their T-shirts to their speeches, known and not so well-known speakers hewed to a theme of resistance and get out the vote Tuesday evening at the People’s State of Union at Town Hall.Herb BoydThu, 01 Feb 2018 10:15:46 -0500http://amsterdamnews.com/news/2018/feb/01/peoples-state-union-dumps-trump/Malcolm X Commemoration Committee hosts annual Dinner Tribute
http://amsterdamnews.com/news/2018/feb/01/malcolm-x-commemoration-committee-hosts-annual-din/The Malcolm X Commemoration Committee hosted their 22nd annual Families of our Political Prisoners and Prisoners of War Dinner Tribute Saturday, Jan. 27 at the Unitarian Church of All Souls in Manhattan. Thu, 01 Feb 2018 09:10:40 -0500http://amsterdamnews.com/news/2018/feb/01/malcolm-x-commemoration-committee-hosts-annual-din/Haitians take on Trump in Times Square on MLK Day
http://amsterdamnews.com/news/2018/jan/18/haitians-take-trump-times-square-mlk-day/Hundreds of people assembled in Times Square on Martin Luther King Jr. Day to protest racist statements made by President Donald Trump.Cyril Josh BarkerThu, 18 Jan 2018 11:15:51 -0500http://amsterdamnews.com/news/2018/jan/18/haitians-take-trump-times-square-mlk-day/Women’s March sets new sights: ‘Power to the Polls’
http://amsterdamnews.com/news/2018/jan/18/womens-march-sets-new-sights-power-polls/One year ago, the Women’s March (www.WomensMarch.com) descended on Washington, D.C., Jan. 21, the day after Donald Trump’s inauguration to the presidency of the United States.KAREN JUANITA CARRILLOThu, 18 Jan 2018 10:55:26 -0500http://amsterdamnews.com/news/2018/jan/18/womens-march-sets-new-sights-power-polls/NYC councilmen arrested at rally for immigrant rights activist detained by ICE
http://amsterdamnews.com/news/2018/jan/12/nyc-councilmen-arrested-rally-immigrant-rights-act/Two city councilmen were among more than a dozen people arrested at a Thursday rally for an immigration rights activist who'd been detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.PIX 11 NEWSFri, 12 Jan 2018 08:57:35 -0500http://amsterdamnews.com/news/2018/jan/12/nyc-councilmen-arrested-rally-immigrant-rights-act/December 12th Movement celebrates 30-year history of revolutionary resistance
http://amsterdamnews.com/news/2017/dec/07/december-12th-movement-celebrates-30-year-history-/The December 12th Movement celebrates “its 30-year history of revolutionary resistance to American imperialism and national oppression Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2017; our movement also mourns the lost, this year, of one of its founders, Robert ‘RT’ Taylor, the son of our Chairperson Viola Plummer, whose loss we can never replace,” said Roger Wareham, attorney and December 12th Movement member.OMOWALE CLAYThu, 07 Dec 2017 18:18:29 -0500http://amsterdamnews.com/news/2017/dec/07/december-12th-movement-celebrates-30-year-history-/Immigrants&#39; rights groups rally outside outside of Sen. Chuck Schumer&#39;s office
http://amsterdamnews.com/news/2017/dec/07/immigrants-rights-groups-rally-outside-outside-sen/Monday, Desis Rising Up and Moving and members of immigrant communities gathered outside of U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer’s office for a news conference and rally calling for the senator to reject the racist principles behind Trump’s anti-immigrant agenda and to defund hate in the upcoming budget and spending bill negotiations.Thu, 07 Dec 2017 13:16:10 -0500http://amsterdamnews.com/news/2017/dec/07/immigrants-rights-groups-rally-outside-outside-sen/Black activists take US ethnic cleansing to UN
http://amsterdamnews.com/news/2017/dec/07/black-activists-take-us-ethnic-cleansing-un/As principal stakeholders in the International Decade of People of African Descent (2015-2024), the December 12th Movement International Secretariat and the International Association against Torture, both U.N. non-governmental organizations, traveled to Geneva, Switzerland to the U.N. Regional Meeting of Europe, Central Asia and North America (Nov. 23-24) to raise the issue of ethnic cleansing in the U.S.Amadi AjamuThu, 07 Dec 2017 00:00:00 -0500http://amsterdamnews.com/news/2017/dec/07/black-activists-take-us-ethnic-cleansing-un/Stevie Wonder takes part in social protest
http://amsterdamnews.com/news/2017/nov/16/stevie-wonder-takes-part-social-protest/In a pair of recent performances, superstar singer/songwriter Stevie Wonder utilized his high-profile platform to bring attention to the racial injustices that are so obvious in this country that even he can see them.AUTODIDACT 17Thu, 16 Nov 2017 10:41:54 -0500http://amsterdamnews.com/news/2017/nov/16/stevie-wonder-takes-part-social-protest/Black Panther Cubs commemorate 51 years of struggle
http://amsterdamnews.com/news/2017/nov/16/black-panther-cubs-51-years-struggle/The Black Panther Cubs and the Black Panther Alumni Association commemorated the 51st anniversary of the Black Panther Party’s founding last weekend with several local events.AUTODIDACT 17Thu, 16 Nov 2017 00:00:00 -0500http://amsterdamnews.com/news/2017/nov/16/black-panther-cubs-51-years-struggle/Celebrating Black Solidarity Day
http://amsterdamnews.com/news/2017/nov/02/celebrating-black-solidarity-day/Oct. 28, Operation People Organizing and Working for Empowerment and Respect honored Dr. Carlos Russell, the founder of Black Solidarity Day, in East New York, Brooklyn. AmNews Staff ReportsThu, 02 Nov 2017 14:06:27 -0400http://amsterdamnews.com/news/2017/nov/02/celebrating-black-solidarity-day/Thousands rally for Black women’s march in Washington, DC
http://amsterdamnews.com/news/2017/oct/05/thousands-rally-black-womens-march-washington-dc/Saturday, Sept. 30, thousands of people from all across the country converged in Washington, D.C., to support the March for Black Women, organized by the Black Women’s Blueprint.SALIM ADOFOThu, 05 Oct 2017 11:05:47 -0400http://amsterdamnews.com/news/2017/oct/05/thousands-rally-black-womens-march-washington-dc/Marches on racial justice set to unify on National Mall
http://amsterdamnews.com/news/2017/oct/02/marches-racial-justice-set-unify-national-mall/Two marches will take place in the nation's capital Saturday in the name of racial and gender inequality.
Katishi Maake, CNNMon, 02 Oct 2017 10:41:21 -0400http://amsterdamnews.com/news/2017/oct/02/marches-racial-justice-set-unify-national-mall/Judge rules Black Lives Matter movement can&#39;t be sued, dismisses case
http://amsterdamnews.com/news/2017/sep/29/judge-rules-black-lives-matter-movement-cant-be-su/The Black Lives Matter movement cannot be sued, a federal judge ruled Thursday, dismissing a case against the group and an activist brought by a police officer injured during protests after the July 2016 fatal shooting of Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.Theresa Waldrop, CNNFri, 29 Sep 2017 08:50:00 -0400http://amsterdamnews.com/news/2017/sep/29/judge-rules-black-lives-matter-movement-cant-be-su/Rally for Zimbabwe President Mugabe at U.N.
http://amsterdamnews.com/news/2017/sep/21/rally-zimbabwe-president-mugabe-un/Robert Mugabe, president of the Republic of Zimbabwe, will address the United Nations General Assembly Thursday, Sept. 21, and a Zimbabwe support rally will be held at Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, 47th Street and First Avenue, at 3 p.m.Amadi AjamuThu, 21 Sep 2017 11:31:31 -0400http://amsterdamnews.com/news/2017/sep/21/rally-zimbabwe-president-mugabe-un/Protesters rally against gentrification, violence, racism in first borough-wide march
http://amsterdamnews.com/news/2017/sep/21/protesters-rally-against-gentrification-violence-r/Hundreds of protesters packed Brooklyn Saturday morning in a rally against gentrification, violence and racism calling out Brooklyn’s elected officials ahead of Tuesday’s primaries.Tatyana Bellamy-WalkerThu, 21 Sep 2017 11:04:30 -0400http://amsterdamnews.com/news/2017/sep/21/protesters-rally-against-gentrification-violence-r/